We saw There Will Be Blood for the first time. The cinematography is gorgeous, and the care taken in restoring objects, faces, places is amazing. Every frame could be put on a wall. I have more reservations on the story, but it is an important film of the past few years.

It's a film that requires a lot of patience to sit through, that aside, I did enjoy it. There's a David Lynch vibe that's all over this thing. I don't know if Nicolas Winding Refn is influenced by Lynch at all but, this could have been a David Lynch film easily.

Oh man, I used to live in DC and one of the things I miss the most about it are the cinemas. E Street is pretty good but AFI is amazing, I saw a lot of great, classic films there.

Still, there's a reasonable cinema near where I'm living now. I might go and see Frances Ha tonight.

Oh man, I used to live in DC and one of the things I miss the most about it are the cinemas. E Street is pretty good but AFI is amazing, I saw a lot of great, classic films there.

Still, there's a reasonable cinema near where I'm living now. I might go and see Frances Ha tonight.

I just moved to DC recently and this was my first visit to the AFI. Seeing it at the AFI Theater was an essential ingredient to guide my decision to liking Only God Forgives. Did you ever see a movie at "Bethesda Row Cinema?" That place is pretty cool too.

I'll turn a blind eye to the Phil Collins bashing.
Don't get much of a chance to see films these days. Especially in theaters. Just one of the many joys of my job.
Last movie I saw in theaters was "Identity Thief", and before that, "The Avengers". Both of which I enjoyed.

I just moved to DC recently and this was my first visit to the AFI. Seeing it at the AFI Theater was an essential ingredient to guide my decision to liking Only God Forgives. Did you ever see a movie at "Bethesda Row Cinema?" That place is pretty cool too.

Oh yeah, that one's pretty good, it's another 'Landmark' one. I'd normally go to the one on E street because it's closer, but every so often they wouldn't be showing something. I think I saw The Illusionist (the animated one) up there.

The great thing about AFI is all the older films that they show. When I found out about it they had just finished showing Blade Runner, but I still got to see some good stuff there.

Perks of Being a Wallflower was okay but i found myself wondering how much longer it was about halfway through it, something i seem to do with most movies i've seen lately, especially indie ones. Also the acting kind of sucked, some of the line deliveries were goofy. Also, Emma Watson isn't a very good actress, just a pretty face. But she can dance, she was good at that.

gossip:
movie guy told me Roger Corman may be visiting my our town this fall. I'm not as excited as him about it.

was going to pick up Café Flesh and Don't Torture a Duckling when movie guy told me I owe them $20 which of course I didn't have. my son already saw the Duckling it turned out. we watched some of it on youtube.

Let me know what you think. I saw it this weekend and I'm not entirely sure what to make of it. Have you seen Valhalla Rising?

I saw Frances Ha last week, that was pretty good. It relies heavily on Greta Gerwig being charming. If it had been any other actress I probably would have found the character really annoying, as it was she was only slightly irritating.

One of the trailers was for From Up On Poppy Hill and it actually seems like it might be good to watch in the cinema. Watching Ghibli films at home you forget just how much detail they manage to pack into every scene. Although, a 29 year old man watching a Japanese animated film by himself midweek is a bit sad though, isn't it?

A 29 year old man watching a Japanese animated film by himself midweek is a bit sad though, isn't it?

It's not sad until you're thirty. I've spent the last year and a couple months avoiding the heavenly visions of midweek Japanese animated film.

Once you turn thirty, you spend most of your days crying and singing along to Blink 182's "What's My Age Again", and changing all of the references to the age 'twenty-three' to your current age. It's not depressing at all.

I haven't een Valhalla Rising, since Mads Mikkelsen is in it I think I need to.
We were supposed to see Frances Ha but it disappeared. Cardiff Cineworld has been pretty harsh with films that aren't getting big audiences, some haven't even made it a full week recently.

It's not sad until you're thirty. I've spent the last year and a couple months avoiding the heavenly visions of midweek Japanese animated film.

Once you turn thirty, you spend most of your days crying and singing along to Blink 182's "What's My Age Again", and changing all of the references to the age 'twenty-three' to your current age. It's not depressing at all.

...great, thanks!

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I haven't een Valhalla Rising, since Mads Mikkelsen is in it I think I need to.
We were supposed to see Frances Ha but it disappeared. Cardiff Cineworld has been pretty harsh with films that aren't getting big audiences, some haven't even made it a full week recently.

How about Chapter? They're probably showing it, right?

I think Only God Forgives is much closer to Valhalla Rising than it is to Drive. And yeah, Mads Mikkelsen is awesome:

I have a hard time recommending it to people because it's so light on plot that they'd just get bored.

It is a shame that people get bored with slower paced films these days.

agreed.

Weird thing is, that movie isn't even that slow. I loved it.

Movie: Ruby Sparks. Because we all like fantasy life porn. I was surprised that when the end credits rolled, the girl who played Ruby wrote the movie. I identified with the male lead.

I don't know. We're all products of the media. Are girls pressured to be like Ruby (quirky independent geeky etc...)? Are guys hypnotized into wanting girls like that?

If I got in a relationship would it be like taking a dream job as someone who manages the money for Microsoft or whatever, but then you get there and see your dream company's finances are in the crapper?

I finally saw The Best Offer/La migliore offerta. Very beautiful cinematography, lovely shots, but it's a bit slow-paced. Obviously Geoffrey Rush is great, but it's still not enough to make the movie more than a pretty picture.

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